10. Here is a list of the 8 most common elements in the earth's crust. Oxygen, Magnesium, Iron, Silicon, Aluminum, Potassium, Sodium and Calcium. Use your research skills to find out how abundant each one is in the crust. Write the amount by percentage. Example Oxygen - 47% Portion of the crust. List them in some order, you decide what order to use. Yes, you may use their element symbol to list them, rather than write out the name.

Select one of the elements in the list.
Describe one way it impacts people's lives.

"The fascination of any search after the truth lies not in the attainment...but in the pursuit,
where all the powers of the mind and character are brought into play and are absorbed by the task.
One feels oneself in contact with something that is infinite and one finds joy that is beyond expression
in sounding the abyss of science and the secrets of the infinite mind." Dr. Florence Bascom, geologist

Developed and Posted by Cindy O'Hora, 10/2004 updated 10/2013 Released to public domain for noncommercial use in honor of Florence Bascom

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